Hypnotherapy
One of the first questions you may have is, "What is the
difference between hypnosis and hypnotherapy?"
The first stages in hypnosis and hypnotherapy are the same.
Through hypnotic induction the therapist helps you achieve
a deep state of relaxation, then deepens it further until
you are in a trance state.
Most people are familiar with the very deep trance state
that you see in stage hypnosis demonstrations where the
hypnotist makes suggestions which the subjects carry out,
usually to the great amusement of the audience and the
subsequent humiliation of the hypnotized person. These deep
states may be useful for some situations, such as surgery
without anesthesia, but there is no possibility of real
problem solving because the conscious mind, to all intents
and purposes, is on vacation somewhere with no forwarding
address.
Hypnotherapy, in contrast, induces deep relaxation but a
light to medium state of trance so the conscious mind is an
active participant in the session. In a hypnotherapy
session you do your problem-solving and healing work in
this trance state.
You may wonder how that is any different or any better than
just sitting in the counseling room with your therapist,
talking over your problems and working toward resolution.
Having spent over 30 years doing exactly this kind of
traditional talk therapy, I can tell you that there is a
profound difference.
When the body and the conscious mind are relaxed and in a
trance state, this state opens the doorway to all of the
experiences and memories that are stored in your body and
subconscious mind. Whether you are aware of it or not,
everything about our personal history gets recorded and
stored. This allows you to go back to the initial events,
called source events. If these events were traumatic, and
not adequately dealt with at the time so that healing could
take place, they will show up as problems in our lives.
They may contribute or cause physical problems, emotional
distress, self-defeating thinking and behaviors, feeling
spacey and disconnected, problems in jobs or relationships
-- these are just a few of the ways that unresolved traumas
express in our lives.
Sometimes a person in a hypnotized state will go back to a
source event and discover that it is in a past lifetime.
Issues that I personally have seen with the source event in
a past lifetime are chronic headaches, alcohol addiction, a
pervasive sense of guilt and low self-esteem, being
repeatedly betrayed in love relationships, sibling rivalry,
not wanting to assume leadership positions, a feeling of
being strangled, back and neck pain, wrist pain, and many
different kinds of fears and phobias.
Source events that occur in this lifetime may have occurred
very early in life, so early, in fact, that the conscious
mind has no access to them and therefore they cannot be
discussed and healed in traditional talk therapy.
There are therapists who believe it is unnecessary to delve
into one's past in order to solve current issues. I agree
that in some instances that is true, but in the majority of
cases, particularly those in which you have a recurring
problem, and definitely those for which you have tried many
other things to little or no avail, you need to go deeper.
Issues that are not healed at the source tend to pop up
again. For example, research with people who have had
weight loss surgery which prevents them from eating as they
were used to frequently transfer their food addiction and
their stress reactions to other substances and behaviors.
The underlying issues which created the compulsive eating
behaviors in the first place were not dealt with and were
not healed by surgery.
Hypnotherapy enables you to get to the roots of the issues
so that you can weed your life's garden and experience its
peace and beauty.
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Make An Appointment
You may contact me by e-mail at
kfweymouthphd@gmail.com
To make an appointment use the above e-mail address or
telephone 503-771-4226. I do in-person, telephone, and
internet sessions. I am located in Portland, Oregon.
The fee for an hour session is $100.00 with each additional
15 minute increment billed at $25.00.
Some insurance companies cover me, but not all. Clients pay
me at the time of the session, and I will submit a
statement to your insurance company, or give you a
statement to submit to them. If the insurance company
reimburses for the sessions payment will go directly to
you.